Reversible glove



J. L. SPEER.

REVERSIBLE GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. I92I.

Patented July 25, 1922.

WIT/VESSES 'maar REVERSBLE GLOVE.

Application led April 5, 1921.

T 0 @ZZ i0 tem` t may concern Be it known that I, JEANNETTE Lowiun Srnnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Trappe, in the county of Talbot and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reversible Gloves, of which the following is a speciiication.

The invention relates to gloves, and the object thereof is to provide pair of gloves each of which may he reversed, that is to say, turned inside out, and worn on the opposite hand, the gloves presenting a finished appearance regardless of which way they may be turned.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings of which Fig. l is a front view of a glove; Figs. 2, 3 and d sectional views taken, respectively, on the lines H-l, III-III, and V-`V, Fig. l; and Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modification of construction.

In the practice of 'the invention, two gloves, designated for convenience as inner and outer glooves, are fitted one within the other and are stitched or otherwise united to form a single composite glove. The un finished seams of the inner glove face out wardly and the unfinished seams of the outer glove face inwardly, or, in other words, the unfinished seams of the inner and outer gloves face each other and are hidden. lThe composite glove thus formed may `he reversed so that the inner becomes the outer of the two glove parts and the outer the inner.

In making a single composite glove einhodying the invention, the outer gloove may he turned so that the unfinished seams are inwardly. rlhe inner glove with its unfinished seams turned outwardly may then loe placed within the outer glove and the two suitably stitched together at desired points so that the composite glove may loe readily reversed. The stitching together of the two gloves may he eiected at the linger tips, and if the back of the glove is provided with decorative stitching such stitching may eX tend through both gloves and be finished on both sides.

ln the drawings there is indicated a ladys gauntlet glove, although the invention may he practiced in other forms of gloves. As illustrated in exaggerated form in Fig. 2, the side seam of the outer glove may he turned as indicated at 3, and the side seam Specification of Letters Patent.

Paliteiited July 25, 1922.

Serial No. 453,789.

of the inner glove as indicated at 4f, the un finished seams facing each other. This arrangement may he carried out in all the seams of the glove, or other types of seams may he used if desired. The seams may be directly opposite to each other as shown in Fig. 2 or the inner and outer gloves may he cut to different patterns which vary sufficiently the one from the other that the adjacent seams will be slightly odset as shown iii exaggerated form in Fig. 5. In case of gloves formed of thick materials this will prevent undue thickening or hulkiness of the glove at the seams. When the gloves are placed one within the other, the outer ends may he sewed by a welt seam 5 as illustrated in Fig. 3 so as to present a finished end both inside and out. As indicated at 10, the inner and outer gloves may be stitched together at the finger tips.

The composite glove may he provided with a wrist opening 6 and with fasteners so arranged that the opening may loe closed conveniently regardless of which way the glove may he turned. For this purpose, the glove may loe provided with button holes 7 at one edge of the opening 6 and with inner and outer buttons 8 at the other edge of the opening.

The inner and outer gloves may be, and preferably are, made of different colored fabric, leather or other materials, or materials having different external appearances, as, for example, the inner glove may he made of white material and the outer of a dark material. When so made, a pair of composite gloves may he turned with the dark inaterial outwardly for street or other wear where they are liable to become soiled, and may be reversed so that the white or lighter material is outward for formal wear. Thus, there is eliminated the inconvenience of can rying a pair of white gloves to a formal function.

l claim:

l. A reversible glove, comprisin inner and outer gloves fitting one within t e other and united to form a single composite glove, the unfinished seams of the inner glove facing theuniinished seams of the outer glove whereby said single glove may be reversed and worn on the opposite hand.

2. A reversible glove, comprising inner and outer gloves of different colored materials tting one within the other and stitched together to form a single composite 4. A reversible glove, comprising inner and outer gloves fitting one within the other and stitched together to form e single cornposte glove7 the unfinished seams of the inner glove facing but being offset from the unfinished seams of' the outer glove whereby the single glove may be reversed and worn on the opposite hand.

In testimony whereof, my hand.

JEANNETTE LOWRE @PEER Witnesses M. T. JOHNSTON, HELEN W'ITHGOTT.

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